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pyrola
(encz) | pyrola, n: |
pyrola
(wn) | pyrola
n 1: any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola
[syn: wintergreen, pyrola] |
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one-flowered pyrola
(encz) | one-flowered pyrola, n: |
pyrolatry
(encz) | pyrolatry, n: |
Pyrola elliptica
(gcide) | Shin \Shin\, n. [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D.
scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen,
Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.]
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge
of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
"On his shin." --Chaucer.
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2. (Railbroad) A fish plate for rails. --Knight.
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Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.
Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb ({Pyrola
elliptica}) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme
of greenish white flowers.
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Pyrolator
(gcide) | Pyrolator \Py*rol"a*tor\, n. [See Pyrolatry.]
A fire worshiper. [R.] --Southey.
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Pyrolatry
(gcide) | Pyrolatry \Py*rol"a*try\, n. [Pyro- + Gr. ? worship: cf. F.
pyrol[^a]trie.]
The worship of fire. --Young.
[1913 Webster] Pyroligneous |
family pyrolaceae
(wn) | family Pyrolaceae
n 1: evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola,
Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia [syn: Pyrolaceae, {family
Pyrolaceae}, wintergreen family] |
genus pyrola
(wn) | genus Pyrola
n 1: short-stemmed perennial herbs of cool or temperate regions:
wintergreen; shinleaf |
one-flowered pyrola
(wn) | one-flowered pyrola
n 1: delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions
having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed
in genus Pyrola [syn: one-flowered wintergreen, {one-
flowered pyrola}, Moneses uniflora, Pyrola uniflora] |
pyrola americana
(wn) | Pyrola americana
n 1: evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and
numerous white flowers [syn: false wintergreen, {Pyrola
americana}, Pyrola rotundifolia americana] |
pyrola elliptica
(wn) | Pyrola elliptica
n 1: North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped
flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters
[syn: wild lily of the valley, shinleaf, {Pyrola
elliptica}] |
pyrola minor
(wn) | Pyrola minor
n 1: the common wintergreen having many-flowered racemes of
pink-tinged white flowers; Europe and North America [syn:
lesser wintergreen, Pyrola minor] |
pyrola rotundifolia
(wn) | Pyrola rotundifolia
n 1: evergreen with rounded leaves and very fragrant creamy-
white flowers; widely distributed in northern parts of Old
and New Worlds [syn: wild lily of the valley, {Pyrola
rotundifolia}] |
pyrola rotundifolia americana
(wn) | Pyrola rotundifolia americana
n 1: evergreen of eastern North America with leathery leaves and
numerous white flowers [syn: false wintergreen, {Pyrola
americana}, Pyrola rotundifolia americana] |
pyrola uniflora
(wn) | Pyrola uniflora
n 1: delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions
having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed
in genus Pyrola [syn: one-flowered wintergreen, {one-
flowered pyrola}, Moneses uniflora, Pyrola uniflora] |
pyrolaceae
(wn) | Pyrolaceae
n 1: evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola,
Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia [syn: Pyrolaceae, {family
Pyrolaceae}, wintergreen family] |
pyrolatry
(wn) | pyrolatry
n 1: the worship of fire [syn: pyrolatry, fire-worship] |
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